In Marquez's novel, love and sickness are conflated repeatedly, and a love like Fermina's and Florentino's, like a sickness, does not follow societal rules, so it is appropriate that the social guidelines allowing the sick a certain...

I think the most of old folks are more wise than the youth so their love is more deeply dug. The love among the youngs is based on beautifulness, wich is prone to extinction with the passing of time. Unfortunately, usually, the young couples...